Research on petroleum supply base is ready yet: Pires

State Secretary for Natural Resource, Alfredo Pires said the Government decided to build petroleum supply base in Suai, but so far it has not provided people information, as data about construction is not sufficient.

No need to militarize police: MP Borges

Parliamentary Committee A President Fernanda Borges said the training provided by the police command to the Public Order Battalion (BOP) officers was like an anti-guerilla training and said such training could make people panic and traumatic.

Timor-Leste is facing food shortcomings

MP Arão Noel from the National Congress for the Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT) said people were facing food shortcomings, because the Government’s subsidized rice with trade mark MTCI stock in the districts were reducing.